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Dec 7, 2021

My 6 months in books… H2 ‘21

My previous book blogs are here. Please throw recommendations at me (@tim_dempsey)… Books I’d strongly recommend (in no order): Coffeeland: A History Augustine Sedgewick The Swerve: How the Renaissance Began Stephen Greenblatt Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World Simon Winchester Why We Eat (Too Much): The…

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Jul 1, 2021

My 6 months in books… H1 2021

My previous book blogs are here. Please throw recommendations at me (@tim_dempsey)… Books I’d strongly recommend (in no order): Hitler’s Horses: The Incredible True Story of the Detective who Infiltrated the Nazi Underworld Arthur Brand The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness Simon Wiesenthal Who: The A Method…

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My 6 months in books… H1 2021
My 6 months in books… H1 2021
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Dec 19, 2020

My 6 months in books… H2 2020

My previous book blogs are here. Please throw recommendations at me (@tim_dempsey)… Books I’d strongly recommend (in no order): How We Learn: The New Science of Education and the Brain Stanislas Dehaene The Sum of Our Dreams: A Concise History of America Louis Masur Banking On It: How I Disrupted…

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My 6 months in books… H2 2022
My 6 months in books… H2 2022
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Jul 2, 2020

My 6 months in books… H1 2020

My previous book blogs are here. Please throw recommendations at me (@tim_dempsey)… Books I’d strongly recommend (in no order): The Struggle for Catalonia: Rebel Politics in Spain Raphael Minder Smoke & Mirrors: How Hype Obscures the Future and How to See Past It Gemma Milne House of Debt: How They…

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My 6 months in books… H1 2020
My 6 months in books… H1 2020

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Jul 2, 2020

My bookshelf…

Please ping me recommendations Tim Dempsey H1 2021 H2 2020 H1 2020 H2 2019 H1 2019 H2 2018 H1 2018 H2 2017 H1 2017 FY 2016

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Dec 17, 2019

My last 6 months in books… (H2 2019)

My previous book blogs are here, here, here, here, here and here. For some reason I’ve put less time into choosing books in the past 6 months, and as a result, I’ve not enjoyed reading as much as I have in the past. Please throw recommendations at me (@tim_dempsey)… Books…

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My last 6 months in books… (H2 2019)
My last 6 months in books… (H2 2019)
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Jul 25, 2019

My last 6 months in books… (H1 2019)

My previous book blogs are here, here, here, here and here. Please ping me with recommendations… Books I’d strongly recommend (in no order): Losing Earth: The Decade We Could Have Stopped Climate Change Nethaniel Rich The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion Jonathan Haidt I really like…

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My last 6 months in books… (H1 2019)
My last 6 months in books… (H1 2019)
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Dec 9, 2018

My last 6 months in books…

My previous book blogs are here, here, here and here. Please ping me with recommendations… Books I’d strongly recommend (in no order): The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History Kasia St Clair She really brings to life the role of silk in creating the first blocks of globalisation, and her writing is…

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Jul 27, 2018

My last 6 months in books…

So, I seem to have really ramped up my reading rate recently at around 2 books/week. I’m not sure how, but I think it’s down to more travel and recently, much longer nights. My previous book blogs are here, here and here. Please ping me with recommendations… Books I’d strongly…

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·Jul 15, 2018

The Power Law Works Both Ways

I spoke at an event the other week organised by Silicon Valley Bank and ADV, alongside Seedcamp, Episode 1 and my friend Volker Hirsch (angel investor whose sage advice I respect a lot)... Anyhow, we were talking about seed rounds, when Volker asks: ‘How many founders in the room understand…

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The Power Law Works Both Ways
The Power Law Works Both Ways
Venture Capital

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